Improvement in toilet-boxes



ttitl' %tatt SAMUEL W. H, WARD,

or NEW YORK, N'. vY.

Letters Patent No. 108,858, Adated November 1, 1870.

iMPRovEMENT IN To|LETBoxEs.

The Schedule referredto in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

I, SAMUEL W. H. WARD, o'f the city, county, aud State of New York, have invented Toilet or Collar-Box, of' which the following is a specification.

Nature mul Object of the Invention.

The object of the. invention is to .provideI a box suitable for the toilet, and to keep collars, 85o., in, one that is compact, and with the cover attached that it may not be mislaid, and is self-closing, and consists in having a case for the box or drawer to slide in to when closed, with an elastic so attached that when the box is drawn -ont to va celta-in distance the cover opens, and when the cover is closed, the box or drawer is'drawn immediately within the case to its proper place; I do not intend to conne my invention to a box for collars, but it may be used for various purposes, and alseupon drawers of desks, 85e. The' .drawingshows a side elevation cut through the center, the dotted lilies showing the drawer out, and lid drawn open by the elastic strap.

Gcnclo'al Description.

A is the top of the case.

a a a, the ends and bottomof thesame.

B, the insidebox or'drawer.

C, a division on the inside of drawer, which can be arranged to "suit, or leftontat will.

D, the lid of the drawer, which is hinged at E.

F, the elastic which holds the drawer in the case when the lid is'elosed, and when the drawer is out opens thc-lidl D, thus keeping the box open.

F', the loop by which the drawer is drawn out and opened.

v.To construct my box, I make a squane'or oblong box, or such shape as I desire, with an ovalV or dat top to suit the fancy, having it closed on all-sides except one end. I then make a drawer ot' suitable size and shape to t the inside an'dslide intothe open end vot' the case; the lid or top of this drawer is hinged at suitable distance, as. at E', and an elastic the box open so long as desired. Wleu the lid is' closed, the elastic spring draws it immediately back into place, thus rendering it self-closing.

What I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A self-closing box, constructed substantially as described, having the cover D combined with case A, by an elastic spring, in the' 'manner and for the purposes set forth.

S. -W. H. WARD. Y

Witnesses:

GEO. H. COLLINS, l Tnos. J. vBAnDwN. 

